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Learning Activity 5-D-1 Wiki Instructions

To submit your project:

Click the Edit tab in the upper-right corner.
Scroll down the page until you see the first empty Participant Project space.
Highlight the "Name" text.
Type your name.
Highlight the "Add link here." text.
Paste the link to your animation or video.
Highlight the "Add citations here." text.
Type or copy and paste any citations. If you do not have citations, enter N/A.
Highlight the "Add explanation here." text.
Type or copy and paste your explanation.
Press Save on the Editor bar.

To comment on a classmate's project:

Click on the Discussion tab at the top of the page.
Click the New Post button.
In the Subject field, enter the name of your classmate followed by "Project Feedback" (ex.Tim 's Project Feedback).
In the Message field, type in your feedback.
Click Post.

Participant Projects

Name Barbara Van Rheenen

Link: http://goanimate.com/movie/08alz86Sm0hQ?utm_source=linkshare&uid=0LcEkT1Sfi_o
Citations: NA
Explanation: Learning Activity 5-D-1 Barbara Van Rheenen

Animation or Video Project

An explanation of how I created this animation short film:

I created this animation with GoAnimate as it was by far easier to use than Xtranormal. I chose this tool as I have not had any experience with animation and wanted to learn a tool to see if it could be used by my students to create mini stories or incorporate this tool into a larger on line story project. I believe they can. It is simple, fun, and adds some interest (Don’t base that on my script!) with its bright colors and movement. Dialogue can be extensive or brief. You type in the text, choose the voice and emotion and go! You can add objects, actions, and music all with simple clicks of your mouse. I liked this program.

NETS standards it meets

1. Creativity and Innovation

Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.
Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.
Create original works as a means of personal or group expression.

2. Communication and Collaboration
· Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others
4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making
· Plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project.
6. Technology Operations and Concepts
· Understand and use technology systems.
· Select and use applications effectively and productively.
· Troubleshoot systems and applications.
· Troubleshoot systems and applications.

Students could use this tool for:

Create mini stories
Import/copy it into a larger on line story project
Make public service announcements
Create vocabulary games
Learn idioms and figurative language
Learn aspects of humor

Christina Vetre

Link: http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/11106302

Citations: N/A

Explanation:

As much as I find Xtranormal’s opening page off-putting (as I vehemently told my chat group), I really enjoyed the program. Some parts were frustrating, such as how mechanical the voices sound, but overall I think it was fun and that my students would enjoy using it. I was able to easily copy and paste in my script, drag and drop motions, eye contact, expressions, etc. I didn’t quite master all of the camera angles but that’s for another day! I used the same theme that I used for my VoiceThread: a video/PSA that I could post or send out to students struggling with the college process.

It would be great to have students create these after successfully taking SATs, applying to colleges, etc. as guidance for the underclassmen. In class, I could use this for just about any project that would require students presenting, interviewing or acting in class.

NETS-S:

1-b: Creativity and Innovation: Students create original works as a means of personal or group expression.
3-c: Research and Information: Fluency Students evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks.
4-a: Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making: Students identify and define authentic problems and significant questions for investigation.
6-d: Technology Operations and Concepts: Students transfer current knowledge to learning of new technologies

Teresa Bills

Link:http://animoto.com/play/1vAVyLpiHZy1T0E3mIFz5w

Citations:

Images come from many sources: newenglandphotos.com, flickr.com, miraimages.photoshelter.com, worthpoint.com, rawproject.net.

Video: Youtube (00s00m)

Explanation: This multimedia production was created using Animoto. It was a lot easier than it looks! I chose this subject of the Quabbin Reservoir because my third graders are studying their homestate of Massachusetts. The Quabbin is the largest water resource in the entire state taking up over 25,000 acres. Many people don’t know the sad story behind the creation of the Quabbin that happened during the 1930’s. I created this mini multimedia project to introduce my students to the story. From here I will share a true picture book called Letting Swift River Go by Jane Yolen. It is a tear-jerker. We will discuss the pros and cons of our history and creating this water source for Boston. I also have a video of divers from UMASS going down with video for the first time in 70 years. The video is amazing because you can still see stone walls, roads, cellar holes, old bottles and dish remnants.

There don’t seem to be any specific state standards that apply to this video, but I feel it is part of our overall study of Massachusetts that covers some standards.

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Amy Abramovich

Link: http://animoto.com/play/PnPmsPX0Y41dlRejbrLUtw?utm_content=main
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Citations:
Image: 'Calebs Flat Stanley being held by Navajo+girls+in+Monument+Valley,+AZ'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40732554527@N01/16345559
ruback.info
haasadam, flickr.com
buggy volk – flickr.com
aguyinkenya.blogspot.com
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Explanation:
I used Animoto to create a video introduction to my Flat Stanley project. I uploaded photos from Flickr Creative Commons to show some of the places and people that could be visited with Flat Stanley. I added text to briefly highlight the learning goals. I found Animoto pretty user friendly and fun to use.
I would use this tool as an introduction to this project for my students, to give them an idea of what to expect and to motivate them.
As far as social studies and ELA standards, since this is just an introduction, those standards would not be covered yet. As far as NETS standards, this video used 1. Creativity and Innovation, 2. Communication and Collaboration, 4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Decision Making and 6. Technology Operations and Concepts
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Matt Lyon

Link: http://animoto.com/play/L1y7WR3Yyb44DDZKTbEg8w

Citations: N/A

Explanation:
I created this Animoto for my IMP. I used photos from a recent trip to various locations in Mexico. I would use this as an example of what students could do for a portion of the project. I think the photos and music would also get the students excited for the project and interested in using this new technology. The use of this tool meets standards 1(creativity and innovation), 2(communication and collaboration), 3(research and information fluency), 5(digital citizenship), and 6(technology operations and concepts). I think students could use this tool in a variety of ways. In regards to the IMP, students could use it to show photos from their “trip”.

Frederick Shaw

Link: http://animoto.com/play/MNATg21ywHORp6xaqiWqzQ
Citations: NA
Explanation: I created an Animoto to introduce some of the tools that I plan on having my students use in my "Perfect Workout" IMP. Additional information or links can be created for this assignment using Animoto. Students can create their own workout clips using Animoto. I have been wanting to try Animoto for some time. It is very easy to use I was impressed.

Mary Ann Martin

Link: http://animoto.com/play/kEvqDYlTj6zmoYvHEyOc9g
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Explanation:
I selected photos of my students collecting snowflake samples for this Animoto project. They had a lot of fun and were amazed at how well they could see the snowflakes on the black paper. They brought them in to draw, as Wilson Bentley had done (Snowflake Bentley). The snowflakes melted right away. However they decided they did not like the idea of staying outside in the cold to try to draw them. Thank goodness for digital cameras! I put the slides in order how I wanted them to appear in the video. I created some text slides using Power Point and saved them as a jpeg using Photoshop.
Next I found a song on ccMixer. I downloaded it and had to use Audacity to edit it to 30 seconds.
I then went to Animoto and followed the steps to create this video. I was disappointed that one of the pictures was left out of the project. I think the others were arranged nicely, and I am sure my students will be excited to try this with our next science unit: plants. We have planted the bulbs already, and we are anxiously waiting for the tulips, daffodils, and hyacinths to grow!

Science Standards:
The student identifies ways of measuring weather.
The student identifies natural patterns of weather.
The student uses weather instruments and resources to record weather.
The students construct and use charts and graphs to understand patterns of change in weather.
The student interprets and explains orally and in writing displays of data.
The student will keep a journal to record observations and evaluate the importance of weather.